BY VICTOR SHARPE, FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS— The continuing existence of the Jewish people during the 2,000 years of the post-biblical era is surely a miracle, an enigma; indeed an astonishing testament to an enduring faith and that of its adherents. For all of those long years the Jews lived in almost perpetual danger of extinction…
Details*Bedouins are well-known in the Middle East for their hospitality. If you’ve ever had the good fortune to be invited into a Bedouin tent than you have most certainly had a cup of their tea. Bedouin have their own blends of teas that they make from the dried leaves of desert plants (habuck and marmaraya).…
DetailsBY ASSOCIATED PRESS— Israeli officials are quietly conceding that new international sanctions targeting Iran’s suspect nuclear program, while welcome, are further constraining Israel’s ability to take military action – just as a window of opportunity is closing because Tehran is moving more of its installations underground. The officials said that Israel must act by the…
DetailsBy RONEN BERGMAN, NY TIMES MAG TJCI note: This article is currently the most comprehensive and pragmatic evaluation of issues involving a preemptive attack of Israel on Iran. It’s lengthy, but definitely a worthwhile read. As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above…
Details*Bedouins are well-known in the Middle East for their hospitality. If you’ve ever had the good fortune to be invited into a Bedouin tent than you have most certainly had a cup of their tea. Bedouin have their own blends of teas that they make from the dried leaves of desert plants (habuck and marmaraya). In the…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 13:17-17:16 “Beshalach” (It came to pass…) Haftorah: Judges 4:4-5:31 New Covenant: I Corinthians 10:1-5 Gospel: John 6:25-71 “Lechem Hachayeem” (The Bread of Life …)
DetailsBY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— Today’s news media devote more attention to the Middle East than to any other area on earth. Here are centered the issues and conflicts that could— overnight—spark World War III. The main factor that has contributed to this dramatic increase in attention to the Middle East is the emergence…
DetailsBY GIL RONEN, ARUTZ 7— The Rabbi of Itamar, Rav Natan Chai, called upon the IDF to arrest the mother and aunt of the murderer following their praise for the atrocity. “A situation in which Israel allows the murderer to be praised encourages the next murderer,” he said. “A state cannot allow incitement to murder…
DetailsBY DAVID HORNIK— Last week Palestinian Media Watch revealed that the Mufti Muhammad Hussein, top cleric of the Palestinian Authority, had approvingly quoted a hadith calling for the genocide of Jews. Hussein, who was appointed to his post by PA president Mahmoud Abbas, did so at a ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Fatah…
DetailsBY BEN HARTMAN, JPOST— An Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be a blessing for the ayatollahs and would permanently silence the opposition to the Islamic Republic, a visiting Iranian dissident told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. “An attack would be a blessing for the Islamic Republic, a gift from God for them because…
DetailsBY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday insisted that he would defend the Jewish settlement enterprise on the ancient Jewish lands of Judea and Samaria, but a day later he was expected to fire any cabinet ministers that backed a bill that would actually protect such communities. Speaking to Likud…
DetailsBY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7 Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor who after World War II became director of the memorial site, died Friday, The Associated Press reported. Smolen died on an historic day: the 67th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. AP reported that he died in a hospital in Oswiecim, the southern Polish…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— European and American perfidy in dealing with Iran’s nuclear weapons program apparently has no end. This week we were subject to banner headlines announcing that the EU has decided to place an oil embargo on Iran. It was only when we got past the bombast that we discovered that the embargo…
DetailsBY RICHARD BOOKER, PART 4 of MYTHOMANIACS— Another myth is that that Jews who lived under Muslim Arab rule before the birth of Israel had harmonious relations with the Arabs and were treated with dignity and tolerance. The implication is that if Israel would submit to Arab rule, the fighting would stop and Muslims, Jews,…
DetailsThink on this! “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to…
DetailsA Toronto couple, married for more than 60 years, appeared on Live! With Regis and Kelly last year as one of the “World’s Greatest Love Stories.” Nancy and Howard Kleinberg, Holocaust survivors who lived through a Nazi death camp and immigrated to Toronto in 1947, were featured on Regis and Kelly as part of an…
DetailsBY RICHARD RABKIN, MISHPACHA— They could have shut their eyes and minded their own business, as so many people did in 1940s Poland. But when a three-year-old Jewish boy landed on their doorstep, so to speak, the Bulik family — bakers by profession — opened their hearts and gave the child a home. Michael Bulik,…
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